1940's
Style
The following is a brief overview of what the "1999 Pin Up Calendar" has to offer!
Illustrations from the 1940's
Compiled by Sense & Sensibility,
a collection of images scanned off the covers of old patterns.
| 1940's Hairstyles (Reprinted from RETRO MAGAZINE) |
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They were pageboy haircuts, just past shoulder length. They almost always curled their hair, and there quite a few variations for the bangs. For the big rolls, they used things called rats made of fabric of their own hair color that they rolled and then pinned in place at the ends. Or, you can make the waves using bobby pins and lots of setting lotion,(shown on the right) or you can pull back your bangs, fluff them up a bit, and clip them, and then do the same to the other side. Another way to make rolls is to save hair from your own hairbrush and stuff them into a very sheer stocking, and sew it into a sausage-like tube. This is also how Gibson Girls put their hair up in the 1800s...they called these hair accoutrements "rats." The advantage of using the stocking approach is that the rat shows less than a piece of cloth if your hair gets disturbed a little bit. |
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